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title: Managing data volume annotations
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# Managing data volume annotations {#virt-managing-data-volume-annotations}

Data volume (DV) annotations allow you to manage pod behavior. You can add one or more annotations to a data volume, which then propagates to the created importer pods.

## Example: Data volume annotations {#virt-dv-annotations_virt-managing-data-volume-annotations}

You can configure data volume (DV) annotations to control which network the importer pod uses. The `v1.multus-cni.io/default-network: bridge-network` annotation causes the pod to use the Multus network named `bridge-network` as its default network.

If you want the importer pod to use both the default network from the cluster and the secondary Multus network, use the `k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/networks: <network_name>` annotation.

Multus network annotation example:

```yaml
apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1
kind: DataVolume
metadata:
  name: datavolume-example
  annotations:
    v1.multus-cni.io/default-network: bridge-network
# ...
```

The `v1.multus-cni.io/default-network` annotation specifies the Multus network name.